Latest Loop Road closure for construction of water line, sewer work

Published: Thursday, July 18, 2013 at 3:30 a.m.

Last Modified: Thursday, July 18, 2013 at 12:05 a.m.

DRM Utilities will close Loop Road beginning at 6 a.m. today and ending 6 p.m. Friday. The closure will remain in place overnight.

The location will be between 32nd Avenue East/Cherokee Hills Drive and Winters Drive. The physical location of the blockage will move as required by construction progress. An updated posting of the overnight closure location will be shown on the map located at the following address: http://goo.gl/maps/gCdDB.

The intersections of Loop Road with all side streets will remain open at all times during this closure.

Residents of Cherokee Hills and Beech Hills will need to enter/exit via Hargrove Road during this time. Residents on Winters Drive and Hood Street will need to enter/exit via the VA Hospital end of the project.

More details will be provided daily on the Google map http://goo.gl/maps/gCdDB and the Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/pages/Loop-Road-Construction-

Tuscaloosa-Alabama/597324133619716.

Access to the Veterans Administration Hospital or to the McAbee Center from outside of the Loop Road area should be from Veterans Memorial Parkway or Woodland Road.

The purpose of the closure is for construction of water line, sanitary sewer and storm sewer in association with the Loop Road Phase III Improvements Project.

<p>DRM Utilities will close Loop Road beginning at 6 a.m. today and ending 6 p.m. Friday. The closure will remain in place overnight.</p><p>The location will be between 32nd Avenue East/Cherokee Hills Drive and Winters Drive. The physical location of the blockage will move as required by construction progress. An updated posting of the overnight closure location will be shown on the map located at the following address: http://goo.gl/maps/gCdDB.</p><p>The intersections of Loop Road with all side streets will remain open at all times during this closure.</p><p>Residents of Cherokee Hills and Beech Hills will need to enter/exit via Hargrove Road during this time. Residents on Winters Drive and Hood Street will need to enter/exit via the VA Hospital end of the project.</p><p>More details will be provided daily on the Google map http://goo.gl/maps/gCdDB and the Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/pages/Loop-Road-Construction-</p><p>Tuscaloosa-Alabama/597324133619716.</p><p>Access to the Veterans Administration Hospital or to the McAbee Center from outside of the Loop Road area should be from Veterans Memorial Parkway or Woodland Road.</p><p>The purpose of the closure is for construction of water line, sanitary sewer and storm sewer in association with the Loop Road Phase III Improvements Project.</p>